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Theosophy Wiki and its underlying Mediawiki software use some specialized terminology. | |||
* ''' | == Article or page == | ||
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"Article" and "page" are used as synonyms to refer a block of formatted text about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. When surrounded by pairs of square brackets, this title turns into a link to that article/page. For example: | |||
<br> | |||
::'''<nowiki>[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]</nowiki>''' links to the page [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. | |||
== Magic words == | |||
Magic words are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a returned value or a function. See Mediawiki's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Help:Magic words] for more detail. Here are some examples: | |||
* '''<nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>''' suppresses the table of contents, as was done on this page. | |||
* '''<nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki>''' makes the current year appear at that location, such as '''{{CURRENTYEAR}}'''. | |||
== Namespaces == | |||
Namespaces provide a mechanism for grouping or separating wiki pages. When using the Search function, the default is to the '''Main''' namespace, but you can view a page within one of the namespaces by preceding that page with the namespace and a colon, such as '''<nowiki>Category:Writers</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>File:WQ Judge.jpg</nowiki>'''. See the Mediwiki article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Namespaces Namespaces] for detailed explanations, and go to [http://www.theosophy.wiki/mywiki/index.php?title=Special:PrefixIndex All pages with prefix] to display lists of pages within a namespace. | |||
These are namespaces that most editors will encounter: | |||
* '''Category''' namespace contains categories, which are dynamic lists of other pages. Linking directly to a category page does not output an inline link, but instead includes the page into the associated category page. | |||
* '''File''' namespace is used to store metadata for images and other media. Each image file has a page in the File namespace which has descriptive information and licensing data. Linking directly to a page in this namespace causes the image to be displayed at that location. | |||
* '''Help''' namespace holds help files on various topics. | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 23 October 2014
Theosophy Wiki and its underlying Mediawiki software use some specialized terminology.
Article or page
"Article" and "page" are used as synonyms to refer a block of formatted text about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. When surrounded by pairs of square brackets, this title turns into a link to that article/page. For example:
- [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] links to the page Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.
Magic words
Magic words are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a returned value or a function. See Mediawiki's Help:Magic words for more detail. Here are some examples:
- __NOTOC__ suppresses the table of contents, as was done on this page.
- {{CURRENTYEAR}} makes the current year appear at that location, such as 2024.
Namespaces
Namespaces provide a mechanism for grouping or separating wiki pages. When using the Search function, the default is to the Main namespace, but you can view a page within one of the namespaces by preceding that page with the namespace and a colon, such as Category:Writers or File:WQ Judge.jpg. See the Mediwiki article Namespaces for detailed explanations, and go to All pages with prefix to display lists of pages within a namespace.
These are namespaces that most editors will encounter:
- Category namespace contains categories, which are dynamic lists of other pages. Linking directly to a category page does not output an inline link, but instead includes the page into the associated category page.
- File namespace is used to store metadata for images and other media. Each image file has a page in the File namespace which has descriptive information and licensing data. Linking directly to a page in this namespace causes the image to be displayed at that location.
- Help namespace holds help files on various topics.